Basketball Recap: Mountain Iron-Buhl Extends Winning Streak to Three

Paige Norman

Points (Career)

02/20/25 @ Chisholm	24
01/22/25 vs Cass Lake-Bena	21
12/27/24 vs Hancock	17
02/06/25 vs Cromwell	15
02/13/25 vs Bigfork	14

Mountain Iron-Buhl extended their winning streak to three games thanks to a huge performance from Paige Norman. The Mountain Iron-Buhl Rangers took their matchup on Thursday with ease, bagging an 86-24 win over the Chisholm Bluestreaks thanks in part to Norman, who went 10-for-13 to rack up 24 points in addition to eight rebounds and four blocks. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in points.

Izzy Wiita was another key player, going 8-for-19 en route to 18 points and five steals. She continues to improve, besting her previous point total in each of the last three games she's played.

Mountain Iron-Buhl's record now sits at 22-3. As for Chisholm, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 19-8 record this season.

Mountain Iron-Buhl will face off against Mayer Lutheran at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Chisholm does not have any more games scheduled as of now.